‘The Fix’ Review: An Opera Strikes Out

Joel Puckett tells the story of the Black Sox Scandal in a confused, overpopulated work.

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Heidi Waleson

March 18, 2019 12:50 pm ET

St. Paul, Minn.

Benjamin Britten wrote a great opera, “Billy Budd,” with an all-male cast. Joel Puckett’s minor-league effort, “The Fix,” which had its world premiere at the Ordway Center for Performing Arts by the Minnesota Opera on Saturday, demonstrates just how hard that is. With a libretto by Eric Simonson, who also directed, “The...